The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 139

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Zhou Yu nodded like he was deeply wronged, took a few more deep breaths, then said, "Master, that face Sun Han puked out... why was it still moving?"

"It was moving slower after he puked it out. You didn't see them when they were still under his skin," Yu Yuan said as she picked up a sugar cake with a crispy golden shell.

The outside of the sugar cake was a beautiful caramel red, the inside soft and sticky. Black sesame seeds oozed out along with the deep red syrup.

Aside from being a bit hot, it was perfect.

Yu Yuan let out a puff of hot air, chewing contentedly. Her words came out a little unclear.

"The 'Human Face Curse,' to put it simply, is more like a kind of ghost bug. The people who raise this kind of thing use the souls of vengeful ghosts as feed, raising the bugs until they're about the size of a grain—which means they can enter a person's body just through breathing. Once these tiny bugs get into a human and feed on enough flesh and blood, they form a ghost face under the skin. Then they reproduce, over and over, until the ghost face merges with the host's actual face."

"..." Hearing his master calmly drop that whole explanation, Zhou Yu rubbed his goosebumpy arms, feeling all his hairs stand on end.

"So... this thing was also raised by the Ghost Taming Sect?"

Yu Yuan paused mid-chew, her eyes darkening. "No. That kind of twisted method belongs to a separate sect—called the Bug Ghost Sect."

But it had already been gone for many years now.

She chewed slowly, deep in thought, eyes lowered. "Zhou Yu."

"Hm?"

"Once your friend finishes throwing up all the faces, have him come find me. I want to talk to him."

"Oh, okay." Zhou Yu nodded.

Ever since the old lady of the Lu family came back, the whole house had descended into chaos.

Just like the last time they came looking for Lu Yan, not only had the three sons shown up with their wives and kids, even the eldest daughter, who had already married out, had come back too.

Old Lady Lu sat on the living room couch, holding her daughter tight, crying so hard she could barely breathe.

"Daughter, tell me! Yu Yuan used to be part of our family! How did she end up taken by someone else?!"

"It's all that Lu Jingxi from your third brother's side. She's always throwing herself into groups of men like some shameless vixen. One look and you can tell she's desperate and unlucky! And your third brother—he still treats her like some kind of treasure!"

"Oh, for heaven's sake! After all these years, our Lu family ended up raising someone else's child! For another family's kid, we even tossed aside our own flesh and blood..."

Hearing his own mother talk about his precious daughter like that, Lu family's third son—always the grinning tiger—wasn't having it. "Mom! What are you saying?! Jingxi grew up right under your nose. How can you, her grandma, say that about her?!"

"Grandma?!" Old Lady Lu shrieked, lifting her head from her daughter's shoulder. Her withered face was dry of tears, but her voice boomed with power. "I don't deserve to be that girl's grandma! Living in comfort for twenty years, never lifted a finger, pampered like royalty wherever she went—now go look at what my real granddaughter's been living through! And then look at Lu Jingxi's life!"

"Mom, but it's not Jingxi's fault," the third daughter-in-law finally spoke up. Hearing her daughter of over twenty years being dragged like this made her heart ache. Her usually gentle voice had some bite to it. "Jingxi was switched at birth. If there's anyone to blame, it's us. What does it have to do with an innocent child..."

"Oh, so Lu Jingxi did nothing wrong, and our Yuanyuan's the one to blame?" Old Lady Lu didn't care that this daughter-in-law had given her four grandsons—she had never liked her. And today, she just happened to step right into her line of fire. "Go look into the kind of life our Yuanyuan's had, then look at the life Lu Jingxi's been living. Then ask yourself, as her mother, do you really have the right to call Lu Jingxi innocent?!"

Old Lady Lu didn't even need to curse—her sheer presence could cut someone down.

"How can your heart be so cruel?! Your own flesh and blood's been away from you for over twenty years, and you never once tried to find her. You just treated someone else's child like she was your own! Did pig fat block your brain?!"

Her cane slammed against the floor with a loud clack. Sitting beside her, Lu family's eldest daughter gently soothed her mother and shot a disapproving look at the silent third sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, don't take Mom's words the wrong way. Yuanyuan has lived out there all alone for so long. She grew up without parents, imagine the kind of things she's had to suffer... Jingxi was the child you raised—I get that you love her. But Yuanyuan came from your own body. She grew up all on her own. Have you ever thought about what life is like for a child with no parents?"

The third daughter-in-law's brow twitched ever so slightly. Back when Yu Yuan had no value, none of these people said a word. They all rushed to praise her precious Jingxi. Now that Yu Yuan had become someone valuable, they all suddenly started calling her "Yuanyuan" with their tails wagging, like eager dogs, scrambling to bring her in while trashing Jingxi like she was worthless.

She closed her eyes and let out a tired sigh, then said impatiently, "So what do you all want?"

Before the eldest daughter could get a word in, Old Lady Lu jumped in, full of fire. "Kick Lu Jingxi out and bring our Yuanyuan home!"

"You want to kick Jingxi out?" The third daughter-in-law didn't even hesitate. "No way. I don't agree."

She knew Jingxi was currently in a subtle relationship phase with Qin Yide. The Qin family had a decent reputation, and Qin Yide himself was an outstanding young man. Most importantly, he was genuinely into Jingxi. Once Jingxi married into that family, with Qin Yide's support, she wouldn't have to suffer much.

But if they kicked Jingxi out now, her and Qin Yide's status would become worlds apart. Never mind the mismatch of family background—marrying into the Qin family as an orphan would mean facing endless judgment from her in-laws.

She clenched her jaw and met everyone's gaze with determination. "Yu Yuan can come in, but Jingxi absolutely can't be kicked out."

"You..." Old Lady Lu trembled as she raised her cane to point at her.

All these years, compared to the sharp-tongued eldest daughter-in-law and the scheming second, the third one had always been the most obedient and gentle. Old Madam Lu never imagined she'd dare embarrass her like this in front of everyone.

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